Break and Zip

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Zip and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Zip" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Zip verb - To fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound.

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Break and zip are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Zip".

Nearby Words: zipped, zipper, zipping

chain	break chain	zip chain
time	break time	zip time

Sonny: Hey old guy, zip it or I'll break your hip!

Source: Film / Big Daddy
This means you may keep some nitrous for yourself to break away from the pack and win a race...only to have the rubber-banding kick in and have a truck twice as tall as you zip past at what must be 300 MPH.

Source: Luck-Based Mission
In the final act of Spectre, Bond is abducted by Blofeld's goons, who not only tie his hands in front of him, but do so with plastic zip ties, perfectly enabling him to not only shoot them both, but break free once they're dead.

Source: Handy Cuffs

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